This model kit is supplied in unassembled and unpainted plastic components. Please note that glue, model paints, and other basic modelling tools are required and sold separately.

The idea for the tank that would become the T58 was proposed in October 1951, not long after development of the 120mm T57 tank had begun. A paper from April 1952 laid out recommendations for the T58s build, which included a 155mm gun that could fire HEAT and HESH rounds, a six-round autoloader, and construction of two prototype oscillating turrets that could be mounted to a T43E1 chassis. Due to manufacturing delays and changes in American military doctrine, both the T58 and T57 projects were cancelled in January 1957.